Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, popularly known by her maiden name Kate Middleton, hopes that she “can make a difference even in the smallest way”, adding that she is looking forward to helping people as much as she can. Involved with many charity works that focuses on children, mental health, and addiction, she has talked extensively on these issues, declaring that “a child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support”. A mother of three children, she has also talked about parenting, about her family and her childhood, about making chutney for the Queen as a Christmas present, her love for tennis etc. Let us now look into some of her quotes on health, addiction, family, children, parents, life etc.
Patriarchy's chief institution is the family. It is both a mirror of and a connection with the larger society; a patriarchal unit within a patriarchal whole.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
A huge amount still needs to be done. At the moment hundreds of children are still malnourished.
We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.
Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.
From taking photographs of George and Charlotte, I have been struck by the wonderful lack of self-consciousness that you see in photographs of children, without the self-awareness that adults generally feel.
We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
First-class delivery of children's palliative care is life-changing. When families are confronted with the shattering news that their children have a life-limiting condition, their world can fall apart.
Around-the-clock support is crucial for children receiving palliative care. They and their families often need help every hour of every day, both in hospices and at home.
Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
I think as any mother would be she was absolutely over the moon. And actually we had quite an awkward situation because I knew and I knew that William had asked my father but I didn't know if my mother knew.
No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
I have learned that delivering the best possible palliative care to children is vital, providing children and their families with a place of support, care and enhancement at a time of great need is simply life-changing.
Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental health change and children receive the support they deserve.
All of us know someone who has been through difficult emotional times, and we know how hard it can be to see a way forward.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.
Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
If any of us caught a fever during pregnancy, we would seek advice and support from a doctor. Getting help with our mental health is no different - our children need us to look after ourselves and get the support we need.
Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.
Actually William wasn't there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn't there for Freshers Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other but we did become very close friends from quite early.
I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
I think at the time I wasn't very happy about it [marriage], but actually it made me a stronger person, you find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn't realized. I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you are younger and I really valued that time for me as well, although I didn't think it at the time.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
When I was growing up, I was very lucky. My family was the most important thing to me. They provided me with somewhere safe to grow and learn, and I know I was fortunate not to have been confronted by serious adversity at a young age.
